Actor Spencer Tracy and Vivien Leigh, winner of Best Actress for &quot;Gone With the Wind,&quot; during the 12th Annual Academy Awards held at the Cocoanut Grove in The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Calidfornia on Feb. 29, 1940

Hosts Emma Stone (L) and Seth MacFarlane read the Best Actress nominees at the 85th Academy Awards nominee announcements in Beverly Hills, California January 10, 2013. The Oscars will be presented Sunday February 24.

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This Feb. 26, 2012 photo, Octavia Spencer arrives before the 84th Academy Awards at the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Writing a childrens book isnt enough for Oscar winner Spencer.

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HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 24: Ben Affleck and George Clooney poses at the 85th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage)

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Unpublished. Bob Hope, who hosted (or co-hosted) the Academy Awards 19 times over his long career, appears to pick something off Betty Grable's sweater; standing above them on the steps are Shirley Jones -- then famous for the movie musicals Oklahoma! and Carousel -- and MGM idol Van Johnson.

Unpublished. Characters played by Laurence Olivier and Peter Ustinov — as Batiatus, the owner of a gladiator school — confer during a scene. Ustinov won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance, one of four Academy Awards for Spartacus.

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Elizabeth Taylor walks through a crowd of admirers at the Oscars in 1961 — the year she won her first Academy Award, for her role in BUtterfield 8.

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Unpublished. Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster check out the scene from the seats. On March 27, 1958 -- the day after the Oscars ceremony -- their war film, Run Silent, Run Deep, was released.

Producer Buddy Adler’s Academy Award for From Here to Eternity stands amid hats in the coat check room at Romanoff’s restaurant in Beverly Hills during an Oscars after-party in 1954.

Producer Buddy Adler's Academy Award for From Here to Eternity stands amid hats in the coat check room at Romanoff's restaurant in Beverly Hills during an Oscars after-party in 1954.

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At the time of the photo session, Brando had been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and was clearly poised for more greatness. In the next two years alone he'd complete the impressive trifecta of Julius Caesar, The Wild One, and On the Waterfront for which he did finally win an Oscar).

How many studios tried to option their life story by the end of the telecast? Glen Hansard, right, and Marketa Irglova perform their Oscar-winning song "Falling Slowly" at the Oscars.

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Academy Award nominee Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor star as father and son in "Beginners".

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At the 1942 Academy Awards, Joan Fontaine gazes at the Best Actress Oscar she won for her role in Suspicion — an achievement that made her, incredibly, the only actor or actress to ever win an Oscar for a performance in an Alfred Hitchcock film.

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2008 Academy Award statuettes

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Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed hold their Oscars as Best Supporting Actor and Actress in From Here to Eternity — a film that won eight statuettes in 1954, including Best Picture.

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Grace Kelly and Clark Gable arrive at the 26th annual Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theatre in 1954.

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Television actress Sandra White laughs while arriving late at the 1953 Academy Awards.

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Humphrey Bogart and his wife Lauren Bacall arrive at the 27th annual Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theater in 1955.

Musicians Common, left, and John Legend perform the song &quot;Glory&quot; from &lt;i&gt;Selma&lt;/i&gt; at the 87th Oscars Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif.

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Winner for Best Actor Eddie Redmayne is seen on stage at the 87th Oscars Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif.

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Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, center, with cast and crew accept the Oscar for Best Picture for &lt;i&gt;Birdman&lt;/i&gt; during the 87th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif.

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J.K. Simmons accepts the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in &lt;i&gt;Whiplash&lt;/i&gt; at the 87th Oscars Feb. 22, 2015 in Hollywood, Calif.

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Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Bob Hope and David Niven laughing heartily together at one of Hope&#039;s recently-acquired Russian jokes during break from rehearsals for the 1958 Academy Awards

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Presenter John Travolta speaks during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles.

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Actress Jennifer Lawrence attends the 86th Oscars held at Hollywood &amp; Highland Center on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood.

Marlon Brando at the Academy Awards, 1955.

Marlon Brando at the Academy Awards, 1955.

Bette Davis onstage at the Oscars, 1955.

Bette Davis onstage at the Oscars, 1955.

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Bono arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2, 2014

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Jennifer Lawrence at the Oscars on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, Calif.

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez at the 75th Annual Academy Awards in 2003.

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Mindy Kaling arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, Calif., on March 2, 2014.

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onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California.

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Ellen DeGeneres onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California.

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Presenter John Travolta speaks during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Inside the RKO Pantages Theater, home of the Academy Awards, Janet Leigh, Shirley MacLaine and others rehearse in 1958.

Inside the RKO Pantages Theater, home of the Academy Awards, Janet Leigh, Shirley MacLaine and others rehearse in 1958.

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Actress Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the Oscars on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California.

Ingrid Bergman in 1945 with her Best Actress Academy Award for Gaslight.

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Host Seth MacFarlane backstage during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on Feb. 24, 2013 in Hollywood, Calif.

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Kimmel, at his post-Oscars show, proving he can pull off wearing a tux.

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis, left, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey E. Phillips pose with an Oscar statuette during a ceremony honoring the 1942 Academy award winning Frank Capra documentary Prelude to War

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Oscars on display prior to the Academy Awards

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Former US Vice President and Academy Award winner Al Gore

Natalie Wood before the Academy Awards in April 1962.

Natalie Wood before the Academy Awards in April 1962.

Natalie Wood before the Academy Awards in April 1962.

Natalie Wood before the Academy Awards in April 1962.

Onstage presenters seen from the wings during the 1950 Academy Awards.

Onstage presenters seen from the wings during the 1950 Academy Awards.

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Murdoch arrives at the Academy Awards on Feb. 27, 2011

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Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars from its ten nominations.

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Jennifer Hudson in the pressroom after winning the Academy Award for her performance in Dreamgirls.

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From left: Ben Affleck and George Clooney at the 85th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., on February 24, 2013.

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Oscar statues are stored in a tent for the upcoming 85th Academy Awards, at Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on February 19.

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A photo of Joyce McKinney, the subject of Tabloid, a documentary by Academy-award winner Errol Morris.

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Actress Rinko Kikuchi is nominated for the best supporting actress Academy Award.

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Heath Ledger (left) was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his performance as ranch hand Ennis del Mar.

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Kathy Bates and Robert Rehme announce the nominations for the Academy Awards

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A scene from Terminator 2, for which special effects artist Stan Winston won two Oscars, for Best Makeup Effects and Best Visual Effects

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Marlon Brando (right, with French singer and actress Line Renaud) casually holds his Best Actor Oscar for On The Waterfront at the 1955 Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theatre.

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Natalie Wood, Best Actress nominee for her role as Deanie Loomis in Splendor in the Grass, gets her hair done prior to the 1962 Academy Awards.

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John Wayne (whose image is being projected on the huge screen) accepts the Best Director Oscar from Olivia DeHavillan for an absent John Ford during the 25th annual Academy Awards in 1953 — the first year the ceremony was televised.

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From left: Actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce Bradley Cooper as a nominee for Best Actor in the film &lt;i&gt;American Sniper&lt;/i&gt; at the 87th Academy Awards Nominations Announcement on Jan. 15, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.

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The iconic Oscar statue stands above the red carpet on the eve of the 84th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, on February 25, 2012.

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Barkhad Abdi, best supporting actor nominee for his role in "Captain Phillips", arrives at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014.

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Actress Cate Blanchett accepts the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role award for 'Blue Jasmine' onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California

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Host Ellen DeGeneres (right) and actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (far left) with pizza delivery man in the audience during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood.

Joanne Woodward dances with her husband, Paul Newman, at the Governor’s Ball following the Academy Awards where she won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Three Faces of Eve.

Joanne Woodward dances with her husband, Paul Newman, at the Governor's Ball following the Academy Awards where she won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Three Faces of Eve.